Questions For You.

03/29/2006 By

I’m working on a little side-project, and as a result wanted to pick the Sweetney Reader Braintrust: What are your favorite parent/kid-related sites? Anything from parenting advice to cool kid clothes/toys/stuff to online play for kids to message boards for parents — anything at all related to kids, babies and/or the parents who love them. Hep me to the cool, cats.

Also, as you may or may not have noticed, this site was down for something two and a half hours today. Needless to say, I’m a bit irked, so if any of you have web hosting recommendations I’d love to hear from you (I’m currently with Dreamhost, FYI).

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  • http://melinor.blogspot.com Melanie

    I like Neopets, but my kids are both over six, which is about where Neopets’ games become fun and interesting. Also, they have age-appropriate account levels, so your child cannot hop on the message boards if they are under twelve or thirteen.

  • http://venturamom.blogspot.com VenturaMom

    You asked for it…
    Shopping sites:
    babygoesvintage.com
    backtobasicstoys.com
    egiggle.com
    Great mobils at http://www.hanneby.com/theme_mobiles_p5.htm
    Froebelgifts.com
    funbabytoys.com
    loftykids.com
    mahardrygoods.com
    olliebollen.com
    toyportfolio.com
    peacefulkids.com
    pokkadots.com
    http://store.yahoo.com/sillygoosetoys/index.html
    kidsurplus.com
    motherhoodmarket.com
    uncommongoods.com
    mightygoods.com
    fredflare.com
    Parenting/Mothering/Funny:
    Yahoo group of Attachment Parenting moms in Ventura County
    bloggingbaby.com
    parenthacks.com
    blogher.org
    mommybloggers.com
    mothersmovement.org
    roughdraft.typepad.com/dotmoms/
    Enjoy the surfing everyone!

  • http://www.sweetney.com/ sweetney

    holy crap, beth! you sunk my battleship!

  • http://www.insidevoice.net Ariel

    Liquid Web’s hosting has never let me down.

  • marie

    really, my fave messageboard is the “badparents” community on lj. And all the mommy and daddyblogs you already know about.
    But I didn’t really post here to tell you that.. I was wondering if you read “Up with Grups” thing in NY mag? It made me cringe a bit… the way it’s written sucks, but it brings up lots of noteworthy social phenomena relating to the hipster parent of today.

  • http://venturamom.blogspot.com VenturaMom

    I like to shop, but rarely buy due to the SAHM=no paycheck scam. But when I win the lottery, dude, I know just where to go.
    PS – I thought the Grups story was interesting. Kind of painted with a broad brush per usual, but worth a read.

  • Emily

    I would like to second the Oliebollen.com motion and also add Modernseed.com to the list. This is where you will find the lovely 8oo dollar stroller we all covet. Secretly.

  • http://www.daymented.com dayment

    Thanks for asking for this! I’ve been looking for the same…

  • http://mom-101.blogspot.com mom101

    Oh, and of course coolmompicks.com.
    But I’m biased.

  • http://www.ozma.blogs.com/hah Ozma

    Some sites that saved us when daddy had the flu and we had no DVDs or TV or anything were the TV ones–like pbs kids and up to ten (boowa and kwala).
    Sorry, it’s not much but it’s all I’ve got.

  • http://piggyhawk.blogspot.com Eden

    Blogging Baby is my one-stop for parenting info. Cool Mom Picks is also good.
    My website host is SuperNova. I’ve been with them since Oct. 2002 (piggyhawk.net). Toasted Cheese, a writing website I co-founded, has been hosted by SuperNova since January 2001 (toasted-cheese.com). The rates for a nice-size package are under $10/mo and you pay for a year at a time. Any problems I’ve had w/ my site, their helpdesk has come through quickly and completely.

  • amanda

    My three year old loves starfall.com, it’s really better for teaching older children to read, but I don’t tell her that.

  • http://welborn.blogspot.com karrie welborn
  • http://www.ninjapoodles.blogspot.com Belinda

    Did somebody post spatulatta.com yet? LOVE it. Interactive cooking with kids. With videos! And recipes! FUN!!!

  • http://www.mamacooks.com Betsy Block

    Um, not to be self-serving here, but I have a little site I call Mama Cooks. I post simple yet impressive chef-written recipes along with first-person essays. Check it out if you have the time!